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Tue Jun 23, 2009, 11:03am

Rich

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mbyron

Trivia alert!

The MLB logo features the profile of Harmon Killebrew.

That's a myth. The logo was designed in the 60's by Jerry Dior and nobody has ever specifically been identified by MLB or Dior as a model.

Dior claims he had no model and the silhouette was of no one in particular. Look here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122453063968851133.html

The NBA silhouette logo was created to look like this one and that one was modeled after a player -- Jerry West.

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